Manufacturing in Brookings County, South Dakota

There are 41 facilities listed in the register. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 21 establishments in Brookings, South Dakota in 2024, covering 4 of 21 manufacturing subsectors it publishes. Food Manufacturing accounts for 11 facilities in the register, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an employment of 582 in that industry with a location quotient of 2.65. Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Aurora Plant in Aurora had 73 employees as of 2025.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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Brookings28 Aurora4 Volga4 Elkton3 Bruce1 White1

Federal labor statistics counted at least 21 manufacturing establishments in Brookings County in 2024, employing about 858 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 41.

What Brookings County makes10 INDUSTRIES

Food Manufacturing11 Miscellaneous Manufacturing6 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing6 Machinery Manufacturing6 Chemical Manufacturing4 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing2 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing2 Paper Manufacturing2 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing1 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing1

Bars are drawn against the largest subsector listed; the figure is the facility count in this county. Each row links to that industry across all of South Dakota — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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